It is not very often you come across a book that manages to combine practical business advice with a jaw-dropping, heartbreaking, inspirational personal story, but by drawing from and building upon his own trauma, Stuart Green manages to do it remarkably well.
In 2017, the author’s life was torn apart when his wife was murdered in broad daylight in front of their children. He was forced to uproot his family, leave behind the life they had built together and somehow take on all the leadership responsibilities required to navigate the realities of a life-altering crisis.
What he discovered was that despite reading more than 500 books on trauma, psychology and post-traumatic growth, there was no roadmap to guide him through such a crisis. So he spoke to experts, interviewed leaders who had successfully navigated their own crises, tested principles, and ultimately created a framework that can help other deal with individual struggles, company challenges and the kind of big picture disruptions all businesses are likely to face.
If you are running a business, chances are you have faced a professional challenge that has hit you on a personal level, whether that is a failed idea, a staff layoff or supporting a team member through grief or burnout. This book will make you look those situations in a new way, and use that disruption to fuel the next stage of your growth.
The Regenerate Leap: How Leaders Transform Crisis into Enduring Growth – Leap forward. Grow through fire by Stuart Green is out now
